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Profane message against President Trump illuminated in downtown Greenville

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Updated: 6:35 PM EST Feb 17, 2020

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RAIN TOMORROW. I AM TRACKING LATE WEEK SNOWFLAKES. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. NIGEL: GREENVILLE POLICE SAY THEY KNOW WHO PROJECTED A PROFANE MESSAGE ONTO GREENVILLE CITY HALL. >> BUT RIGHT NOW, NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. THE MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE SIDE OF CITY HALL IN GREENVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND. IT’S PROFANE MESSAGE AIMED AT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. NIGEL: OUR TAGGART HOUCK IS LIVE IN GREENVILLE AND HAS THE LATEST TONIGH >> IN A LOT OF WAYS, THIS IS THE EPICENTER OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. YOU HAVE CITY HALL BEHIND ME. THAT IS WHERE THE MESSAGES WERE PROJECTED TOMORROW. ONE OF THEM WAS PROFANE AND SO FAR, NOT GARNERING ANY ATTENTION OR ACTION FROM POLICE. SATURDAY NIGHT, THESE MESSAGES PROJECTED ALONG THE SIDE OF GREENVILLE CITY HALL. NO ONE IS ILLEGAL. ABOLISH ICE. ONE READS BERNIE 2020. THEN THIS A PROFANITY WE’VE BLURRED OUT FOLLOWED BY A TRUMP. >> EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND THAT’S FINE BUT TO BROADCAST INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE. I THINK ITS DISREPECTFUL TO THE PRESIDENCY AS A WHOLE. >> THERE’S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT DON’T NEED TO SEE THAT ESPECIALLY KIDS WALKING BY AND THEY’RE LIKE MOM WHAT’S THAT? ITS REALLY INAPPROPRIATE AND VERY IMMATURE OF THEM. >> A WITNESS TELLS US THE MESSAGES ROTATED ABOUT EVERY 30 SECONDS. IT LASTED FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR BUT IS IT ILLEGAL? ATTORNEY JOHN RECKENBIEL POINTS TO CITY PROTEST PERMIT REQUIREMNTS HE SAYS ALL OF THEM WITH THE EXCEPTION TO THE MESSAGE ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD VERY WELL CHECK OUT. >> THE VULGARITY IS WHERE I SEE IT BEING A VIOLATION BECAUSE VULGARITY THAT’S BROADCAST OUT ONTO YOUR PUBLIC AIRWAVES LI WYFF, YOU CAN’T DO THAT WITHOUT BEING SANCTIONED BY THE FCC. IT COMES TO THE SAME THING HERE WITH WHOEVER WAS PROJECTING THE SWEAR WORD. >> HE SAYS IT SHOULD ENTAIL A DISORDERLY CONDUCT. GREENVILLE POLICE SAY NO REPORT WAS FILED. SUNDAY, A SPOKESMAN SAID OFFICERS FOUND THREE PEOPLE WITH A PROJECTOR BUT DIDN’T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF MESSAGES. WE REACHED OUT TO THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. IN GREENVILLE,